The Longevity Dividend: What It Means For Families

Concurrent Sessions 4 (Invited Symposium)

This session will be live streamed

Karen Hooker, Ingrid Arnet Connidis, Judith Treas, Gunhild O. Hagestad, Richard A. Settersten, Jr.; Discussant: Elaine Anderson; Chair: Karen Hooker

5:00 PM
6:15 PM
Location
Grand Ballroom B
Session #
149
Session Type
Symposium
Organized By
  • Families & Health
  • Family Policy

About the Session

  • 149-01 - Family Policy and Aging: Overview and Introduction
    By Karen Hooker
  • 149-02 - Changing Family Ties and Time Lines: Implications for Research and Policy
    By Ingrid Arnet Connidis
  • 149-03 - Changing Communication Technologies and Impacts on Intergenerational Family Relationships
    By Judith Treas
  • 149-04 - Demographic Change and Interdependence Across Family Generations
    By Gunhild O. Hagestad, Richard A. Settersten, Jr.;

Discussant: Elaine Anderson
Chair: Karen Hooker

Abstract(s)

Family Policy and Aging: Overview and Introduction

By Karen Hooker

Changing Family Ties and Time Lines: Implications for Research and Policy

By Ingrid Arnet Connidis

Changing Communication Technologies and Impacts on Intergenerational Family Relationships

By Judith Treas

Demographic Change and Interdependence Across Family Generations

By Gunhild O. Hagestad, Richard A. Settersten, Jr.
Discussant: Elaine Anderson
Chair: Karen Hooker
 
Social change and longer lives dovetail to create new challenges in negotiating a range of family relationships over the life course, including marriage, cohabitation and living apart together among both same- and opposite-sex partners. Both research and policy often make assumptions about family arrangements that are becoming increasingly dated. For example, intergenerational relationships are being changed by communication technologies that have increased the frequency of contact between parents and grown children; and differences in the timing of fertility across families creates increasing heterogeneity in family support networks. The purpose of this symposium is to increase understanding of how these demographic and technological changes impact the family lifecourse. Authors of these papers critically explore the intersection of living longer lives with changing family ties in mid- and later life, particularly intimate ties, and implications for research and policy. The discussant will integrate themes across the papers and discuss the policy implications for families in aging societies worldwide.
 
Objectives:
(1) To inform NCFR attendees about how changing family structures influence later life support.
(2) To inform NCFR attendees about how trends in aging influence relationships within families.
(3) To inform NCFR attendees about technological innovations that may open up new avenues for maintaining and enhancing intergenerational relationships.
Bundle name
Conference Session